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- Carys Mitchelmore Associate Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (Solomons, MD)
- Juliet Eilperin National Environmental Reporter, Washington Post
- Barton Seaver National Geographic Fellow; Chef and Certified Sommelier
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